CVE-2014-1779

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-11 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-1779.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2014-1779, demonstrating a use-after-free vulnerability in Internet Explorer 9 and 10. The exploit triggers memory corruption by freeing a CFormElement object and then writing to its freed memory, as shown in the disassembly and heap analysis.

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0282, CVE-2014-1775, CVE-2014-1799, CVE-2014-1803, and CVE-2014-2757.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
htmldoswindows_x86
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34010

This is a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2014-1779, demonstrating a use-after-free vulnerability in Internet Explorer 9 and 10. The exploit triggers memory corruption by freeing a CFormElement object and then writing to its freed memory, as shown in the disassembly and heap analysis.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, 10
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer 9 or 10
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030370
VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67872

Scores

EPSS 0.5088
EPSS Percentile 97.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (6)
microsoft/internet_explorer 6
microsoft/internet_explorer 7
microsoft/internet_explorer 8
microsoft/internet_explorer 9
microsoft/internet_explorer 10
microsoft/internet_explorer 11
Published Jun 11, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026